from Part IV - The Beatles’ Sound
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2020
When George Martin first heard the Beatles he was not that impressed. Manager Brian Epstein had secured a meeting with the Parlophone record producer due to the fact that EMI’s publishing company, Ardmore & Beechwood, was interested in securing the publishing rights to John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s original material. While some of the duo’s early songs were simplistic such as “Hello Little Girl,” “One After 909,” and “Too Bad About Sorrows,” there were others that were more sophisticated and should have impressed Martin. Oddly enough, Martin initially did not think the duo had much to offer as composers.
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